dish out

To give things to people, often freely or in large amounts.

• They dish out free tickets.
• The coach dished out praise after the match.
• Why are you always dishing out advice?

How to use it: dish out something to someone (They dished out gifts to the children.); dish something out (The organizer dished the prizes out.)

Similar words: give out, hand out, distribute

Common phrases: dish out money, dish out prizes, dish out advice, dish out criticism

To put food onto plates or into bowls for people to eat.

• Can you dish out the soup?
• Dad dished out generous portions of rice.
• We were dishing out dinner when the guests arrived.

How to use it: dish out something (Please dish out the soup.); dish something out (She dished the rice out into bowls.)

Similar words: serve, serve up

Common phrases: dish out food, dish out soup, dish out dinner

To remove material from wood or stone to make a curved hollow or channel.

• Dish out the wood with a chisel.
• The mason dished out a shallow gutter.
• They dished out the stone to carry rainwater away.

How to use it: dish out something (The worker dished out a channel in the stone.)

Similar words: hollow out, scoop out

Common phrases: dish out stone, dish out wood